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The Monogram kit is way better, even if curbside. Just compared my "dry" assembled Monogram 308 kit project with a completed 308 Revell US one, looks already better...no paint!!!

The Revell US 308GTB in 1/25 scale was made as a "full" detail kit back in 1979, was modified as Magnum P.I. version: GTS with removable roof in 1982, the kit as a bad body :proportions are not as good as the monogram kit + the "real" rubber tires are way too "beefy" & oversize toy looking, interior & engine are passable, fitting of parts is not perfect, no wonder Revell AG took the Monogram 308 kit.

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The old Monogram kit is by far the most accurate (and best looking) 308 kit yet produced. The Revell offering that got modified into an ersatz GTS has proportion problems with the roof and, IIRC, the A-pillars are a little too angled making the whole roof look too low and shallow. (Hasegawa got the roof right on their 328GTS.) The Gunze Sangyo kit (also boxed by Testors) is too gimmicky for my tastes. So Revell Germany repopping the Monogram kit is very much appreciated. Will we ever see an accurate state of the art 308? Possibly, if Fujimi continues their forays into Ferrariland. Until that time, at least we have this.

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Boy, this thread couldn't have come at a better time! I spent the week before last and the first half of last week sorting my 1/64 street car collection-some I had not seen since at LEAST 1994-and it's got me wanting to build a handfull of Ferraris (do three count as a handfull? The 308, F40 and Testarossa).

A few moments ago I didn't know if any existed in kit form, now I know exactly which kit to purchase! As a bonus, both my LHS stock Revell of Germany kits...even though I've only bought 2 I know they are there, so I should have little trouble finding this one!